About the course

This two-year, full-time, studio-based course, is the second part of the three-part qualification in becoming an architect. This design-based professional qualification, accredited by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Architects Registration Board (ARB).

　　You’ll work alongside fellow makers, collaborators, and enablers who have come from different schools around the world, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate across the arts. The course philosophy has many connections and develops on from the four key issues identified in the BA (Hons) Architecture (ARB/RIBA part 1). This course takes its approach from the context of the ‘shared studio-based arts university’ where all courses are making. This philosophy is applied throughout the taught units by emphasising the role of drawing, models and texts in the making of architecture, the things we make – to think about the things we make.

　　As a student you’ll be asked to develop projects with strong narratives commenting on current social, cultural and environmental issues. In each unit you’re encouraged to give architectural expression to your own personal views and visions, whilst aiming to produce tangible propositions, mindful of how they might be realised.

　　Studio culture

　　The studio is both professional and exploratory. This educational experience is grounded in a strong studio culture of making and thinking, supported by regular lectures by practitioners, seminars and reviews.

　　The studio generates an atmosphere in which open, critical and reflective practice supports exploration and risk-taking where we test, discuss and present ideas. We’re particularly focused in delivering studio-based and student-centred learning environment.

　　We offer shared facilities such as the workshop, fab-labs, the print room and the Drawing Studio.

　　Personal, professional and ecological development

　　The course will support your personal development towards a creative contribution to architecture and the wider world after graduation. The final Thesis Design year gives you the opportunity to develop your own research design project that integrates making and collaboration through an ecological narrative.

　　Interior Architecture and Design has an enviable record in graduate employment, often working with clients on real design projects in a studio-based, professionally-focused learning environment.

　　We offer you the chance to gain extended work experience in your second year, a uniquely valuable opportunity among UK degree courses and one which increases your graduate employment potential. This course will teach you to understand the three-dimensional potential, the atmosphere, and the identity of the spaces in which we live, work, rest, and play. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 2 Year(s)Fees: GB£37,000

Intake	Location
Autumn (September), 2024	Dorset
Autumn (October), 2025	Dorset

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for Arts University Bournemouth

You'll usually have BA (Hons) Degree graded at 2.1 or above, or an equivalent UK or international qualification in your chosen subject or a related discipline.

　　Academic IELTS or UKVI IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each band.

　　TOEFL iBT with 92 overall with a minimum score of 20 in speaking, and 19 in listening, reading and writing.

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 92.0

　　

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　　72nd / 130

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